This time it’s left-hander Aaron Laffey, who was designated for assignment by the Mets last week and pitched for the Blue Jays last season before they dropped him from the 40-man roster.

Laffey had a 4.56 ERA in 100 innings for Toronto last year and has a 4.44 ERA in 484 career innings overall, so he’s basically a standard fifth starter/long reliever. He was dropped by the Mets after allowing eight runs in 10 innings.

Why are legitimate players like Casper Wells or Aaron Laffey getting waived? They are not quite important pieces to a championship-caliber team, but Wells is a good platoon player and Laffey is fine as a spot starter type. Back in the day, the Red Sox would trade a young Jeff Bagwell for people like this.